Requiring successor employers in the grocery industry to retain eligible employees for a transitional employment period.

Introduction

This local law would require new grocery store owners to retain the previous owner’s staff for a transition period after a business is sold. Employees are to be kept by the new owner for ninety days. After the transition period, the new employer must evaluate each employee and consider keeping them as employees.

Requiring the department of education to report on student health services.

Introduction

This bill would require the Department of Education to provide a report on student health and student health services to the Council. The report would include data with respect to nurses, school based health centers, common student illness, and health screenings.

This bill would require the New York City Department of Education to report, annually, information regarding school compliance with state regulations governing comprehensive health education and HIV/AIDS education for students in grades six through twelve.

Requiring transparency from the department of education on instructors receiving training in sexual health education.

Introduction

This bill would require the Department of Education (the “DOE”) to submit on an annual basis to the Council, and post on its website, information regarding sexual health education instruction received by public middle and high school instructors. The DOE would be required to provide information on the total number of full-time and part-time instructors teaching health, total number and percentage of full-time and part-time health instructors who have received a certification in sexual health education, the total number and percentage of full-time and part-time instructors who received professional development training provided by the DOE on sexual health education in the prior school year, and the total number and percentage of full-time and part-time instructors who attended multiple sexual health education professional development training sessions provided by the DOE, disaggregated by the number of trainings attended. All of this data will be disaggregated by instructors in grades 6-8 and grades 9-12, as well as by Council District, Community School District, and school.
The DOE would have to provide this data to the Council and post it on its website by February 15, 2016, and thereafter by February 15th of each year.

This bill would require the Department of Finance to include a notice regarding legal and preferential rents on certain documents related to the NYC Rent Freeze Program. Specifically, the notice must include the rent amount on which the benefit calculation was based, an explanation of why that amount was used in the calculation, the legal regulated rent, an explanation that the tenant may continue to pay a preferential rent even once enrolled in the program, a statement that the tenant can obtain a rent registration history and file a complaint with the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, and a telephone number and email address for that agency.
In addition, by 2018, the legislation would require the Department of Finance to include both the preferential and legal regulated rents of applicants to the NYC Rent Freeze Program in its database and include the preferential rent amount in the notice described above.

This bill would authorize the Metrotech Area Business Improvement District (“BID”) to increase the amount it expends annually, extend its boundaries, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan.

Provision of notice to council members and community boards of applications filed with and rejected by the department of buildings.

Introduction

This bill would require the Department of Buildings to notify the appropriate Council Members and Community Boards whenever an application for a new building permit or for an alteration that will require a new certificate of occupancy for a building is received or denied.

Requiring successor employers in the grocery industry to retain eligible employees for a transitional employment period.

Introduction

This local law would require new grocery store owners to retain the previous owner’s staff for a transition period after a business is sold. Employees are to be kept by the new owner for ninety days. After the transition period, the new employer must evaluate each employee and consider keeping them as employees.

Requiring the department of education to report on student health services.

Introduction

This bill would require the Department of Education to provide a report on student health and student health services to the Council. The report would include data with respect to nurses, school based health centers, common student illness, and health screenings.

This bill would require the New York City Department of Education to report, annually, information regarding school compliance with state regulations governing comprehensive health education and HIV/AIDS education for students in grades six through twelve.

Requiring transparency from the department of education on instructors receiving training in sexual health education.

Introduction

This bill would require the Department of Education (the “DOE”) to submit on an annual basis to the Council, and post on its website, information regarding sexual health education instruction received by public middle and high school instructors. The DOE would be required to provide information on the total number of full-time and part-time instructors teaching health, total number and percentage of full-time and part-time health instructors who have received a certification in sexual health education, the total number and percentage of full-time and part-time instructors who received professional development training provided by the DOE on sexual health education in the prior school year, and the total number and percentage of full-time and part-time instructors who attended multiple sexual health education professional development training sessions provided by the DOE, disaggregated by the number of trainings attended. All of this data will be disaggregated by instructors in grades 6-8 and grades 9-12, as well as by Council District, Community School District, and school.
The DOE would have to provide this data to the Council and post it on its website by February 15, 2016, and thereafter by February 15th of each year.

This bill would require the Department of Finance to include a notice regarding legal and preferential rents on certain documents related to the NYC Rent Freeze Program. Specifically, the notice must include the rent amount on which the benefit calculation was based, an explanation of why that amount was used in the calculation, the legal regulated rent, an explanation that the tenant may continue to pay a preferential rent even once enrolled in the program, a statement that the tenant can obtain a rent registration history and file a complaint with the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, and a telephone number and email address for that agency.
In addition, by 2018, the legislation would require the Department of Finance to include both the preferential and legal regulated rents of applicants to the NYC Rent Freeze Program in its database and include the preferential rent amount in the notice described above.

This bill would authorize the Metrotech Area Business Improvement District (“BID”) to increase the amount it expends annually, extend its boundaries, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan.

Provision of notice to council members and community boards of applications filed with and rejected by the department of buildings.

Introduction

This bill would require the Department of Buildings to notify the appropriate Council Members and Community Boards whenever an application for a new building permit or for an alteration that will require a new certificate of occupancy for a building is received or denied.

This bill would prohibit city agencies from towing any vehicle unless it has first been immobilized with a wheel lock for at least 72 hours. This law would not apply to vehicles parked illegally at bus stops or fire hydrants, in crosswalks or tow away zones, or that are blocking legal driveways. Nor would it apply when the immediate towing of a vehicle is required as a matter of public safety.

Creation of a notification system for service requests and complaints.

Introduction

The bill would require the Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to create a system whereby callers to the city’s 311 system would be able to opt into a service that would notify them, by email and text message, when the status of a request for service or complaint filed by the caller has changed.

This bill would require any agency disposing of electronic equipment that contains a data storage device, including printers, copiers and computers, to fully erase such device before its disposal. Disposal includes transfers of equipment between agencies when such equipment contains sensitive or confidential information that is not relevant to the work of the agency receiving the equipment. City agencies, and third party contractors obligated to dispose of such equipment, must also certify that they have complied with the law.

Elevator maintenance company licenses and elevator maintenance company director licenses.

Introduction

This bill would require companies that perform elevator and escalator maintenance, repair and replacement to designate a person in responsible charge of those companies’ elevator-related operations, and would require (1) elevator maintenance companies and company directors to be licensed by the Department of Buildings (DOB), (2) elevator maintenance company mechanics to demonstrate their qualifications based on experience or certification, and (3) elevator maintenance company helpers to demonstrate enrollment in a vocational, trade or apprenticeship program. The bill would include initial training and continuing education requirements and would be phased in over time, with full compliance required by January 1, 2021. The bill would also give DOB the power to set licensing fees and would exempt DOB from the licensing and training requirements.